This morning I was listening to my iPod while I waited for the bus, and this superchick song played. It's called "We Live" and it talks about how we never know when our life is coming to an end. The main theme of it is, what should we do if we never know when our time is up? Basically....Live, Love, Forgive, and never let anything get in the way. Living life to the fullest.
How many times I forget this. I forget that my life could be over in a heartbeat. I forget that I need to live my life like I do not have another day. If I aspire to leave this huge legacy for people, why am I not living my life in love? Lately I have had a hard time with this. I haven't WANTED to love people the way they deserve...and I definitely haven't forgiven like I need to. Thus I've let things get in my way. I've been angry with people. I've been hurt by people and I have refused to forgive them.
Why? Because I'm selfish. Because I've been living life simply for Brittany. That is all. I haven't cared about anyone else. I've wanted to make sure that I get what I want, when I want it, and if that doesn't happen I simply get pissed off. I get frustrated. I get angry....and upset.
If someone hurts me, well, screw them. If someone refuses to hear my side on something, screw them. That's been my whole attitude. And honestly it's probably going to take a lot to get me out of this attitude...but I'm going to do my best to be the person I have been made to be. God has called me to be so much more than I'm living up to. I'm not living up to my fullest potential. I'm simply getting by. That's not right. There's a lot of people in my life right now I need to forgive, and let my anger go. To realize life isn't as long as I think it is. I want to live life to the fullest...and it may take a lot for me to do that, but I don't really think it's an option here.
I've attached the song...read the lyrics...it's pretty awesome.
"We Live"~SuperChick
There's a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost her son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be the last time she'd trade with him for a little more time
(so she could say she loved him one last time)
And hold him tight
But with life we never know when we're coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
There's a man who waits for the tests to
See if the cancer had spread yet
And now he asks so why did I wait to live 'til it was time to die
If I could have the time back, how I'd live
Life is such a gift
So how does the story end?
Well, this is your story and it all depends
So don't let it become true
Get out and do what we were meant to do
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
Waking up to another dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day
Is a gift somehow, someway
And get our heads up out of this darkness
And spark this new mindset and start on with life cuz it ain't gone yet
And tragedy's a reminder to take off the blinders and wake up
(to live the life)
We're supposed to take up
(moving forward)
With all our heads up
Cuz life is worth living
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
